Stereoscopic apparatus.



H. NEWMAN.

STEBBOSGOPIG APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1911.

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Pate'ntd Feb. 27, 19-12.

H. NEWMAN.

STERBOSGOPIO APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY3, 1911.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

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WITNESSES I INVENTOR Hugo Newman Z a (1x 1 ATTORNEY PLANOGRAPH :0, WASHINGTON. n. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGO NEWMAN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

STEREOSCOPIC APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stereoscopic Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stereoscoplc apparatus, the object thereof being to provide an improved apparatus of this character comprising an ornamental cabinet which Wlll readily carry a large number of cards and in which a large number, as for instance a hundred, of cards may be readily and quickly placed in position for use with the stereosco'pe and each of which cards may be easily and accurately manipulated into po sition to be viewed and also successively man ipulated away from the viewing position without the necessity of handling the cards as is the usual practice, and in which also a description of the various views may be read -while the stereoscope is in use in a very practical manner, and in which all of the several elements making up the apparatus, including the stereoscope and the cards, may be readily and quickly stored away.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figurel is a cross-sectional view of the apparatus taken from front to rear, with the same in position for use; Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the cabinet closed; and Fig. 3 is a front view of the apparatus with parts thereof broken away.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

This improved stereoscopic apparatus comprises a suitable casing or cabinet consisting of a bottom 2, a rear wall 3, and end Walls 4 and 5, and having at the front thereof a pair of hinged or pivotally supported doors 6 and 7, one above the other. Each of these doors may be provided with glass if preferred. The lower door has its bottom molding so formed as to receive a book or other article and is provided with spring clips 8 for holding the same in proper position tobe read. suitable brace or support 9 is provided pivotally carried on the inside of one of the end walls and which-may be shifted into position to support the lower door at the proper angle when the same is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 3, 1911.

a proper horizontal position.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

Serial No. 624,865.

to be used as a reading desk, a suitable stop 10 being provided for holding the brace in its proper position.

The top of the structure comprises a fixed portion 11 and a swinging or shiftable portion 12, which shiftable top is carried by a pair of arms or brackets 13 pivotally secured t0 the rear wall of the cabinet, and a suitable set screw may be provided for imparting the desired friction to the arms so that the top will be held in the desired angular position in the manner hereinafter referred to. Connected with one of these arms by a suitable rod or link 14 is a card receiving member or board 15, which is pivotally secured at its ends to the side walls of the cabinet, this member normally constituting a partition dividing the cabinet into an upper and a lower compartment 17 and 18, but when the top is shifted into an inclined position to form a chute for the cards this partition is likewise shifted into position to constitute a chute for the reception of such cards, such partition being linked at its rear end to a swinging board or member 19 forming a part of the cabinet, so that when the dividing partition is shifted into its proper angular position to receive the cards as they are moved away from the stereoscope the rear of the cabinet will be opened so that the cards may slide from the cabinet out at the rear side thereof and into a suitable recep the cabinetwill be closed.

The upper door 6 is provided with a suitable molding 20 formed to furnish a stop so that it will remain in a substantially perpendicular position when opened to permit the proper placing of .the stereoscope and upper chute. This stereoscope 21 is carried by a longitudinally shiftable and swinging bracket 22, shown of U-shaped formation and comprising a pair of elongated slotted arms 23 and a cross bar or member 24, to which latter the handle 25 of the stereoscope is secured. The slotted arms 23' are each carried by a suitable set screw 26 carried by the side walls of the upper compartment of the cabinet, and the arms when in a horizontal osition are supported by staggered stops 2? carried by the side walls of the cabinet, so that the bracket will be held in On those set screws the bracket may be swung into vertical position within the upper compartment of the cabinet in the manner shown in Fig.

2 when the stereoscope has been removed therefrom.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the stereoscope may be adjusted toward and from the cards by sliding the bracket thereby to obtain the proper focus.

The stereoscope may be of the ordinary construction, having the usual depending handle 25, which, however, in the present instance is provided with a suitable fastening means or set screw 28 for securing it to the cross bar 24 of the bracket just referred to. The stereoscope is also provided with a shiftable or swinging nose piece 29 which can be readily manipulated by the user so that it can be swung downward and thus permit the user to read whatever description may be upon the reading desk, after which a spring 30 connected with the nose piece will automatically return it to its normal position.

Carried by the adjustable top which forms, as hereinbefore stated, the chute for the reception of the cards to be used, and which is usually of suflicient size to carry 100 cards, is a pair of depending arms or brackets 31 and 32, one at each end thereof, carrying a shaft 38 on which is mounted a pair of star wheels 34 and 35 and a suitable knurled wheel 36 for turning the star wheels, these wheels being located in proper position so that the foremost card will fall from the chute into position between a pair of prongs of the stars and into position to be viewed, the remaining cards being held by a suitable spring arm 3 against falling forward when one ofthe cards is in position between the prongs of the star wheels. After the card has been viewed the turning of the star wheels will throw the lower end of the card rearwardly and the upper end thereof outwardly, so that the card will be carried out of the way and on to the lower chute, from which it will slide through the rear of the cabinet into the receptacle hereinbefore referred to. The spring arm 37 is provided with a depending portion 38 which prevents the upper end of each card from falling too far forward, so that the star wheels will properly carry the lower edge of the card into position to be received by the chute. The cards are maintained in their upright position on the upper chute by a suitable follower 39.

The upper chute forming the top of the cabinetis provided with a suitable handle 40, which when the cards are in position is out of the way, but when the cabinet is closed maybe shifted into position to permit the use of the handle for carrying the cabinet. When the apparatus is not in use the stereoscopem'ay be readily removed, as may also the cards from the upper chute and stored away within the cabinet. When it is desired to use the same the stereoscope is removed and placed in the position shown in Fig. 1, the cards placed on the upper chute, the same having been swung into proper angular position and the lower door opened and adjusted into proper position for the reception of the reading matter.

The apparatus herein shown thus provides a very practical and comparatively inexpensive apparatus for not only storing the cards and the other parts necessary for use in such a device, but also furnishes a ready andconvenient means for manipulating the cards without manually lifting and placing in position the successive cards, which is more or less a laborious procedure, while it also provides an eiiicient means for holding the stereoscope steadily so that the hands of the operator may be used for turning the star wheel and the leaves of the manuscript or book placed upon the reading desk.

In operation, as the star wheels are rotated to shift a card away from the stereoscope the next succeeding card will be pushed forward so as to fall between the next succeeding pair of prongs of the star wheels in a manner which will be readily understood from the foregoing description,

I claim as my invention:

1. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a chute for the reception of cards to be viewed, and means for receiving the cards from the chute and for positioning them to be viewed.

2. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute, and means for receiving the cards from the chute and for position ingthem to be viewed.

3. A stereoscopic apparatus .comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute, and means for receiving the cards from the chute and for positioning them to beviewed and successively directing the cardsaway from the chute.

l. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a shiftable chute for the re ception of cards to be viewed, and means for receiving the cards from the chute and for positioning them to be viewed.

5. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable to form a card holding chute, and means for receiving the cards successively from the chute and for directing them away therefrom. V

6. stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable to form a card holding chute, and means for receiving the cards successively from the V chute-and for directing them-awaythere from and comprising star wheels and means for rotating them.

7. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute, means for receiving the cards from the chute and for successively directing them away from the chute, and means for receiving the cards therefrom.

8. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute, means for receiving the cards from the chute and for successively directing them away from the chute, and means for receiving the cards therefrom and connected with the chute for shiftable movement into position simultaneously therewith.

9. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute, means for receiving the cards from the chute and for successively directing them away from the chute, and means for receiving the cards therefrom and connected with the chute for shiftable movement into position simultaneously therewith and comprising a partition adapted to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments.

10. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a chute for the reception of cards, means for receiving the cards from the chute and for successively directing them away therefrom, and means for conveying the cards away from the chute.

11. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a chute for the reception of cards, means for receiving the cards from the chute and for successively directing them away therefrom, and means for conveying the cards away from the chute and comprising a shiftable partition adapted in one position to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments and in another position to constitute the card conveying means.

12. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable to form a card holding chute, means for receiving the cards successively from the chute and manually operative for directing them away therefrom, and a shiftable partition adapted to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments and connected with the chute for movement therewith into position to convey the cards away from the chute.

13. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable to form a card holding chute, means for receiving the cards successively from the chute and manually operative for directing them away therefrom, a shiftable partitionadapted to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments and connected with the chute for movement therewith into position to convey the cards away from the chute, and means for holding the cards on the chute.

14. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable to form a card holding chute, means for receiving the cards successively from the chute and manually operative for directing them away therefrom, a shiftable partition adapted to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments and connected with the chute for movement therewith into position to convey the cards away from the chute, and means for holding the cards on the chute and also constructed to limit the forward movement of each card as it is directed away from the chute.

15. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute, and a part thereof forming a door and shiftable into position to form a reading desk.

16. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute and a part thereof forming a door and shiftable into position to form a reading desk, and means for receiving the cards from the chute and manually operative to direct them away therefrom.

17. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftableto form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute and apart thereof forming a door and shiftable into position to form a reading desk, means for receiving the cards from the chute and manually operative to direct them away therefrom, and means for conveying the cards away from the chute.

18. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute and a part thereof forming a-door and shiftable into position to form a reading desk, means for receiving the cards from the chute and manually operative to direct them away therefrom, and means for conveying the cards away from the chute and comprising a shiftable partition adapted in one position thereof to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments.

19. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute and a part thereof forming a door and shiftable into position to form a reading desk, means for receiving the cards from the chute and manually operative to direct them away therefrom, and means for conveying the cards away from the chute and comprising a shiftable partition adapted in one position thereof to divide the cabinet intoa pair of compartments and connected with the chute for movement therewith into its card conveying position.

20. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute and a part thereof forming a door and shiftable into position to form a reading desk, means for receiving the cards from the chute and manually operative to direct them away therefrom, means for conveying the cards away from the chute and comprising a shiftable partition adapted in one position thereof to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments and connected with thechute for movement therewith into its card conveying position, and an adjustable stereoscope carried by the cabinet.

21. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute and a art thereof forming a door and shiftable into position to form a reading desk, means for receiving the cards from the chute and manually operative to direct them away therefrom, means for conveying the cards away from the chute and comprising a shiftable partition adapted in one position thereof to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments and connected with the chute for movement therewith into its card conveying position, and an adjustable stereosc'ope carried by the cabinet and having a shiftable nose-piece.

'22. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a part thereof shiftable to form a wall of the cabinet or to form a card holding chute and a part thereof forming a door and shiftable into position to form a reading desk, means for receiving the cards from the chute and manually operative to direct them away therefrom, means for conveying the cards away from the chute and comprising a shiftable partition adapted in one position thereof to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments and connected with the chute for movement therewith into its card conveying position, and an adjustable and removable stereoscope carried by the cabinet.

23. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable into an inclined position to form a card holding chute, and rotary means located adjacent to the outer end of the chute for receiving the cards successively from such chute and manually operative for directing them away therefrom.

24. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable into an inclined position to form a card holding chute, rotary means located adjacent to the outer end of the chute for receiving 6 5' the cards successively from suchchute and manually operative for directing them away therefrom, and an adjustable and removable stereoscope carried by the cabinet.

25. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable into an inclined position to form a card holding chute, rotary means located adjacent to the outer end of the chute for receiving the cards successively from such chute and manually operative for directing them away therefrom, and an adjustable and removable stereoscope carried by the cabinet and having a swinging nose-piece.

26. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having a top thereof shiftable into an inclined position to form a card holding chute, rotary means located adjacent to the outer end of the chute for receiving the cards successively from such chute and manually operative for directing them away therefrom, an adjustable and removable stereoscope carried by the cabinet and'hav' ing a swinging nose-piece, and means for conveying the cards away from said chute.

27. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable into an inclined position to form a card holding chute, rotary means located adjacent to the outer end of the chute for receiving the cards successively from such chute and manually operative for directing them away therefrom, an adjustable and removable stereoscope carried by the cabinet and having a swinging nose-piece, and means for conveying the cards away from said chute and comprising a shiftable partition adapted to divide the cabinet-into a pair of compartments.

28. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable into an inclined position to form a card holding chute, rotary means located adjacent to the outer end of the chute for receiving the cards successively from such chute and manually holding chute, rotary means located adja-' cent to the outer end of the chute for receiving'the'ca'rds successively from such chute and manually operative for directing them away therefrom, an adjustable and removable stereoscope carried by the cabinet and having a! swinging nose-piece, and

means for conveying the cards away from said chute and comprising a shiftable partition adapted to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments and connected with said chute for movement into its card conveying position simultaneously with the shifting of such chute, said cabinet having a door shiftable into position to form a reading desk below the stereoscope.

30. A stereoscopic apparatus comprising a cabinet having the top thereof shiftable into an inclined position .to form a card holding chute, rotary means located adjacent to the outer end of the chute for receiving the cards successively from such chute and manually operative for directing them away therefrom, an adjustable and removable stereoscope carried by the cabinet and havinga swinging nose-piece, and means for conveying the cards away from said chute and comprising a shiftable partition adapted to divide the cabinet into a pair of compartments and connected with said chute for movement into its card conveying position simultaneously with the shifting of such chute, said cabinet having a door shiftable into position to form a reading desk below the stereoscope and also a part of one of its walls shiftable and connected with said partition whereby on the shifting of said partition into position to convey the cards away from the chute said part will be shiftable to open the cabinet to permit the cards to pass therefrom.

Signed at 1821 Park Row Building, New York, N. Y., this 27th day of April, 1911.

. HUGO NEWMAN.

Witnesses:

C. S. WEED, F. E. Boron.

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